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NHL ALL-STAR GAME COMING TO LAS VEGAS NEXT SEASON The Entertainment Capital of the World is getting the NHL’s AllStar Game. League commissioner Gary Bettman said June 28 during his annual press conference that T-Mobile Arena will host All-Star Weekend, which includes the All-Star Game, skills competition and several other events in the 2021-22 season. Dates have yet to be announced, but the league said the event will be held during its “traditional midway point of the NHL regular season.” That has typically been the last weekend in January. “It’s very exciting to have the opportunity to host the 2022 NHL All-Star Weekend at T-Mobile Arena,” Golden Knights president Kerry Bubolz said in a statement. “This is one of the league’s premier events of the year ,and we are thrilled to bring fans from around the world to Las Vegas to celebrate hockey.” There was no All-Star Game during the 2020-21 pandemic-shortened season. The last event was in St. Louis in 2020. The NHL traditionally has not staged an AllStar Weekend during Olympic years when NHL players were scheduled to attend. Bettman said he does not know if the NHL will go to the Olympics in 2022, though Olympic participation was negotiated as part of the most recent collective bargaining agreement. The WNBA held its all-star event at Mandalay Bay Events Center in 2018 and will again next month. The NBA played its game at the Thomas & Mack Center in 2007, and the NFL will hold its Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in February. –Justin Emerson
WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD N EWS YO U S H O U L D K N OW A B O U T
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Cover story: The Vegas stage is set once again Nights: DJ Pauly D makes moves … and sandwiches Noise: The Killers' touring guitarist debuts solo songs Food: The gorditas you didn't know you needed Vegas Inc: Helping kids realize their hoop dreams
Dragon dancers perform during the grand opening of Resorts World Las Vegas on June 24. The $4.3 billion megaresort, built by Malaysia-based Genting Group, occupies the site of the former Stardust. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
STORIES FROM LAST WEEK LAS VEGAS A'S SITES The Oakland A’s are looking at up to two dozen sites in the Las Vegas Valley for a potential big league ballpark if they can’t get a new stadium in California, team president Dave Kaval said June 26. He wasn’t specific about possible sites in Las Vegas but mentioned areas near the Strip, near Allegiant Stadium, in Summerlin and Henderson, near UNLV and in Downtown Las Vegas.
BUILDING COLLAPSE Nearly three years before an oceanfront building collapsed near Miami, an engineering firm estimated that major repairs the building needed would cost more than $9 million, according to emails released June 27. The email from the firm of Morabito Consultants was among a series of documents released by the city of Surfside as rescue efforts continued at the site of the collapsed building, where at least 10 people have died and more than 150 remain missing at press time. Intense. Prolonged. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. Abnormal. Dangerous. That’s how the National Weather Service described the historic heat wave hitting the Pacific Northwest, pushing daytime temperatures into the triple digits, disrupting Olympic qualifying events and breaking all-time high temperature records in places unaccustomed to such extreme heat.
“We have to remember, real justice in America will be Black men and Black women and people of color who will not have to fear being killed by the police just because the color of their skin. That would be real justice.” –Ben Crump, attorney for the family of George Floyd, June 25, after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for murdering Floyd
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BUMP STOCK BAN A federal appeals court said June 25 it would rehear a dispute over a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, a device that allows semiautomatic firearms to fire rapidly. There have been different opinions about the bump stock ban in federal courts across the country, which makes it a strong candidate for an eventual review by the U.S. Supreme Court. Decisions from the 6th Circuit set legal precedent in federal courts in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Vegas Golden Knights’ Reilly Smith (19) is taken out by Montreal Canadiens defenseman Joel Edmundson in front of goalie Carey Price during the third period of the teams' Stanley Cup semifinal game June 24 in Montreal. The Canadiens won, 3-2, in overtime to advance to the Stanley Cup Final, which began June 28 in Tampa, Florida, and continues July 2 with Game 3 in Montreal. For analysis of the Golden Knights' offseason options, see Page 42. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
PUBLIC POLICY LEADER DIES AT 62 Robert Lang, whose influence as a policy leader in Southern Nevada can be seen in such projects as UNLV’s medical school and Allegiant Stadium, has died. He was 62. Lang, who on June 21 succumbed to complications from cancer, had been a resident of Las Vegas since 2010, when he came here to lead the newly founded Brookings Mountain West think tank at UNLV. Lang arrived in Las Vegas with a strategic road map to transform Las Vegas from a city mostly reliant on tourism to a multifaceted community on par with larger regional cities. His original plan called for five major improvements: a medical school, a publicly funded major-league sports stadium, the elevation of UNLV to top-tier research status, the build-out of Interstate 11 from Phoenix through Las Vegas and development of a light-rail system. In Lang’s 11 years, three of those priority items would come to fruition. –Staff
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About one in every four employees at two of Southern Nevada’s largest hospital providers isn’t fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, even though medical care workers had first crack at the vaccine at the end of last year and could have been fully inoculated for months. A spokesman for University Medical Center, which is one of the largest public hospitals in the country, said this month that 70% to 75% of its approximately 3,800 employees have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. The vaccine is not required to work within the county-run health care system. “UMC’s leadership team considered every available option when developing the hospital’s employee vaccination policy,” hospital representative Scott Kerbs said. “While COVID-19 vaccinations are not currently mandatory, UMC has achieved a high vaccination rate among employees, and we continue to provide on-site vaccinations for our team members.” The Dignity hospital chain, which operates about a half-dozen hospitals Valleywide, also has a voluntary vaccination policy and has a similar rate slightly above 70%, a company spokesman said. Everyone in UMC patient care areas wears masks, regardless of their vaccination status. Few doctors are likely part of the group of unvaccinated staffers, as the American Medical Association reported that 96% of practicing physicians in the United States are fully vaccinated. –Hillary Davis
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HABITS FOR LIFE Local ‘reset coach’ Barbra Jo Batterman helps clients find their post-pandemic footing BY GENEVIE DURANO
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he pandemic has upended the world in countless ways, including altering the habits that anchor our daily lives. During lockdown, many of us fell off the exercise train, ate too much junk food, drank too much alcohol … or all of the above. According to an American Psychological Association survey, 61 percent of U.S. adults reported undesired changes in their weight during the health crisis. But the world is opening up once again, and we need to get back to the healthy habits that have fallen by the wayside. That’s where Barbra Jo Batterman, a local “reset coach,” comes in (aresetcoach.com). Batterman discovered her new calling during the pandemic, when she found herself with a lot of time on her hands. A makeup artist for 45 years, she has always connected with people who sit in her chair, sometimes acting as a kind of therapist. It wasn’t a huge leap to realize that a lot of people struggled during the pandemic and needed someone to help them navigate challenging times. “I help my clients change their small habits, which in turn changes their mindset,” Batterman says. “I’m a believer in small baby steps, not the big gung ho, let’s go, it’s January 2. Not that method.” When Batterman takes on a client, she starts by having them fill out a questionnaire to see where they want to go and what they want to accomplish. “I help them come up with a plan for something that’s doable. So if they haven’t been exercising, I get them on a system where, ‘OK, let’s start with a 10-minute walk each day. Is that doable?’ And then I check in with them, because it’s all about accountability,” Batterman says. “We see how they’re adjusting. If they go, ‘Well this is easy; I can do more than that.’ [I say,] ‘OK, let’s not
push it. Let’s stay with the 10 minutes and slowly move to 12 minutes a day, or 15 minutes, or let’s add maybe some stretching.’ So that’s how I’ve been dealing with it, and that’s been working very well, because they build confidence in themselves.” Studies show the three most impacted habits during the pandemic were sleep, exercise and nutrition, and of those, Batterman says she gets most of her requests for resetting diet habits. That’s understandable: A lot of people found themselves working from home while also helping their kids with homeschooling. The stress of a contagious disease, coupled with economic insecurity for those who lost their jobs, has caused many to use food as a coping mechanism. Batterman says clients need about three months to see a difference in their habit building or resetting. The biggest advantage with using a coach, in addition to having someone to whom you’re directly accountable, is the idea that if you’re paying for something, you’ll want to follow through on it. And depending on Batterman clients’ preferences or what she thinks might work best for their schedules, accountability check-ins can range from a daily text or a weekend missive. For those with FitBits or smartwatches, she can also follow their progress and encourage their hard work. Batterman finds that positive reinforcement provides better results than tough love. “With my clients, especially the ones that know me well, I’ll be firm enough to say, ‘What’s up? Let’s get back on track.’ They don’t feel like they have to make up a story to me like maybe they would to themselves. When you sign up with me, it’s like, this is what you do, you’re ready to make a change. So [my job is to give them] positive feedback,” she says.
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Location, location, location. n “Change the location of the food in the refrigerator,” Batterman suggests. “At eye level, you want things like vegetables and fruits instead of leftover cake or cookies.” That way, when you open the refrigerator, your tendency will be to reach for the healthier stuff. Read all about it. n Batterman recommends a couple of books that look at habit-building in a new light: Atomic Habits by James Clear and Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck. “What I love about these books is that they give you another way to look at your habits and say, ‘OK, I’m not alone here, and I’m not gonna beat myself up over this.” One positive thing. n “Find something you love about yourself and keep that thought in your mind,” Batterman says. “Because when you feel better about yourself, and you look at yourself, whether it’s your smile that you love or your hair or your eyebrows, it’s a really good way to start your day.”
“I help my clients change their small habits, which in turn changes their mindset.”
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he housing market might be oh-so-hot right now, but the kitchen is even hotter. With local housing stock so low, many homebuyers are taking whatever they can get with plans to remodel their new space later. “We’ve had a lot of people walk in the door and say, ‘I bought a house. I hate the kitchen. It’s got to go,’” says Hannah Hofmann, kitchen designer for Las Vegas’ Willbanks Kitchen Design Center. Hofmann spends her days talking to homeowners about what they do and don’t like. She helps customers turn their Pinterest boards and folders of magazine clippings into kitchens they’ll love. Armed with the real-time tastes of Southern Nevada homeowners, Hofmann spoke to the Weekly about the hottest kitchen styles out there right now.
Nonporous countertops. The most dated style in Las Vegas is white-tile countertops with oak cabinets, Hofmann says. But, she says, any porous countertop surface is on its way out, and that includes butcher block, marble and granite. While gorgeous, natural stone surfaces are tough to maintain. They have to be sealed annually to prevent liquids from seeping in, and even then, they can still get scratched or stained. Hofmann says the pandemic highlighted the importance of a choosing a surface that won’t be a germ haven. “We’ve been doing a lot more quartz,” Hofmann says. “They’re antimicrobial, nonporous, easy to clean and low-maintenance.”
For more information: Willbanks Kitchen Design Group, 2291 S. Fort Apache Road #103, 702-207-0645, willbanks-kitchen-design.com.
Clean lines. Simple elegance is in. Gaudy frills are out. Customers are going for Shaker-style doors and ditching arches and raised panels.
Open concept. The trend of tearing down walls and opening up kitchens is going strong. “I’m opening everything up,” Hofmann says. “I don’t think we’ve gotten to the close-it-back-down part yet.”
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Open cabinetry and shelving. “We’re getting rid of a lot of top cabinets and just doing floating shelves,” Hofmann says. Shelving makes a kitchen feel more open, but keep in mind that what was once hidden away will soon be on display. If you have gorgeous
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Solid-wood cabinetry. Real wood is a classic material because it’s high-quality and durable. “It’s got a good look to it,” Hofmann says. “It has an older, more established feel.” It’s trendy to use wood stains to bring out the texture of the wood grains. Knotty wood is particularly popular right now.
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Pull-out storage. Cabinet storage now offers a lot of customizable options. Hofmann says pull-out spice racks in either the base or top cabinets are popular upgrades. Pullout racks can also be used to store larger pantry items. Swing-out storage can also help optimize the storage space of corner cabinets. “As much stuff as you can fit into a usable space is always the trend,” Hofmann says. Contrasting colors. A color-scheme no longer needs to be all one thing or another. “A lot of times, if we are doing something super dark, it’s going to be mixed up with something a little bit lighter,” Hofmann says. “We’re doing a lot of mixed cabinetry. Maybe the top is a white or painted color, and then the bottom is a wood tone. There’s a lot of mixing of light and dark colors for top and bottom.”
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Drawer-style microwaves. Microwaves might be the ultimate cooking convenience, but they aren’t the prettiest kitchen feature. According to Hofmann, the latest solution is to save your sightlines with a drawer-style microwave in a bottom cabinet. “It’s getting that thing off the countertop and out of your face—just making it look a lot cleaner.”
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The number of alcohol-related fatalities in Nevada in 2019. Twenty-eight occurred in Clark County, an almost 13% increase from 2018.
How much does a DUI cost? A DUI costs an average of $10,000, according to the Nevada Highway Traffic Safety Association. The cost of multiple DUIs grows exponentially.
More than half of all roadway fatalities in the state involve an impaired driver.
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Driving while impaired is the No. 1 cause of fatal crashes in Nevada, and the issue continues to worsen. “We saw an increase in fatalities and DUI-related fatalities during the pandemic,” said Andrew Bennett, Public Information Officer for the Office of Traffic Safety and Program Manager for Zero Fatalities. ¶ “Coming out of lockdowns and quarantine, we’re especially concerned about the summer months as there are many key consumption holidays, including Fourth of July and Labor Day.” ¶ This summer, be aware of yourself and be accountable before getting behind the wheel. Saving yourself can end up saving someone else.
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One of the best ways to stay safe is to make a plan in advance and stick to it.
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Rideshare services or taxis are another great In Nevada, the blood alcohol concentration limit is .08% for those option for getting home safely. Make sure your 21 and older. BAC varies by individual depending on several factors, apps and payment info are current before including gender, weight and how each individual’s body heading out—especially if you haven’t used metabolizes alcohol. On average, women reach a BAC rideshares much this past year. Because of of .08% by consuming about 2 drinks per hour, while increased demand, it is recommended to men reach the same level by consuming 3-4 drinks The BAC schedule a rideshare in advance. per hour. That said, legal limits aren’t the only limit for individuals consideration when it comes to impaired driving. under 21 is .02%. If you’re below the legal BAC but under the Statistically, teenage USE GOOD SENSE influence of any illegal or controlled substance, boys and young men have Always buckle up, focus on the road and drive you can still be arrested and convicted of DUI. a lowered ability to assess sober. “To save yourself, you have to ensure you’re Though some believe a BAC below .08% is safe risk—and it may only take able to make the right choices,” Bennett said. “We enough to get behind the wheel, a BAC as low as one or two drinks to live in the greatest state and the greatest city in the .02% affects the ability to drive. “Any impairment land them a DUI. world—we want you to enjoy all it has to offer and substance you consume makes it dangerous to drive. live to see another day.” Always drive sober,” Bennett said.
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WHAT IF YOU SEE SOMEONE DRIVING ERRATICALLY? If you suspect someone is driving impaired, dial 911 or *NHP immediately. Signs of impaired driving include erratic braking, weaving or drifting between lanes, quick acceleration or deceleration, tailgating and slow response to traffic signals. “People often say to me they wish there was a hotline you could call to report impaired driving. There is, it’s 911 or *NHP,” Bennett said.
AD GOES HERE Always drive sober. Or you’re gonna get you killed.
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3 DESIGNATE A SOBER DRIVER Having a friend act as a designated driver for the day can be one of the best, most dependable ways to get home. “A DD isn’t the person who’s been drinking the least, it’s the person who has not been drinking at all,” Bennett said. “Having reliable people around is important for your safety, especially when you’ve been drinking.”
DID YOU KNOW? Southern Nevada’s high summer temperatures may cause BAC to increase more rapidly, particularly when an individual is dehydrated and in direct sun.
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ost of us knew this was coming, even if we didn’t know when or exactly how. Even during the darkest days of the pandemic, when the lavish resorts of the Las Vegas Strip were empty and locked up and everyone was waiting to see what would happen next, there was a foundational belief that big shows and showrooms would one day be packed with people again. Some 15 months later, that day has come. Sports set the comeback standard, with Vegas Golden Knights games returning to max capacity at T-Mobile Arena. Headlining residencies and superstar weekend takeovers from the likes of Bruno Mars, Dave Chappelle and Usher are on tap, and the monumental production shows of Cirque du Soleil began to return this week. Arena-sized concert tour stops are next on the checklist. After many months of small-scale Vegas shows and lounge-style live music valiantly entertaining visitors and keeping the
energy level high up and down the Strip, the big stuff is back, and this week, it’ll be bigger than ever. “How quickly this all came about surprised a lot of people, including me,” says Bobby Reynolds, senior vice president of AEG Presents, one of the most dominant forces in live entertainment in Las Vegas and across the country. “There’s no bigger show in town in July than the Illenium show at Allegiant Stadium, and that’s the one that came together quickly with a lot of work to do. That’s a huge production to assemble and a lot of tickets to sell. “Getting that done is certainly a statement that Las Vegas is back,” he continues, “and certainly it’s a good indication that people are ready to come back and party and be among friends and go see shows. It’s a really encouraging sign.” The July 3 “Trilogy” performance by Illenium, 30-year-old electronic music artist and producer Nick Miller, will be the first-ever ticketed concert at the stadium. The event is expected to sell 35,000 tickets and is being produced by AEG with the Life Is Beautiful festival and others. Its stunningly rapid assembly allows Illenium to beat Garth Brooks to the Allegiant Stadium stage. The country superstar was originally set to christen the venue on August 22, 2020, and Brooks sold out all 65,000 tickets for that date in just 75 minutes. After COVID postponed the concert and forced the Las Vegas Raiders to play their first season at Allegiant without fans, Brooks resettled on a July 10 date. Re-released tickets were still available at press time. The anticipation for events at the brand-new stadium facility is through the roof, and excitement extends far beyond Las Vegas. Raiders tickets are the hottest and most expensive in the NFL, and the stadium schedule is filling up fast with other sports and entertainment events. “We were paying close attention
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core Theater], but it is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you can only see at Wynn, and that’s what makes it so special.” Bieber’s show isn’t the only special occasion this month. Miley Cyrus will play Ayu Dayclub at Resorts World on July 4 , with the concert broadcast live on the 100,000-square-foot LED screen on the hotel’s west tower facing the Strip. On the same night, Brooks will thrill an expected capacity crowd at Allegiant and UFC 264 will bring the third bout between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor to T-Mobile Arena. And on July 16, Usher will launch his new residency show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Every week, new Las Vegas concert and event announcements for 2021 and 2022 continue to pour in, scheduled for the city’s biggest entertainment spaces including MGM Grand Garden Arena, Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay, Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood and Park Theater at Park MGM. Tickets just recently went on sale for Strip shows from Pitbull, J. Cole, Jason Aldean, Rod Stewart and OneRepublic, the iHeartRadio pop music festival in September at T-Mobile Arena and Area15, and a New Year’s Eve series of shows by The Go-Go’s at Venetian Theatre. Whether you’re a touring act or a tourist ready to buy tickets, you want to be in Las Vegas soon. “The million-dollar question right now is when is the market going to get oversaturated,” Reynolds says. “We always want to be pushing the enve-
lope, and it’s important to try to sell out every single show. We are adding shows for future residency runs, so the demand is definitely there. But how long it will last, I don’t know. “We do know that coming to Vegas is going to last for a long time, and it’s not just the weekend crowd that comes to party,” Reynolds continues. “When conventioneers get the opportunity to come back to Las Vegas in the middle of the week and that business gets strong going forward, that will be a great sign for the city and those residency show models, because they play midweek shows, too.” Improving midweek visitation is also crucial for larger production shows like those from Cirque du Soleil, which typically run five nights a week. Cirque reopened its original Strip resident show, Mystère, at Treasure Island, on June 28; next comes the return of O at Bellagio on July 1. The company also recently announced it will bring back Michael Jackson One at Mandalay Bay on August 19 and The Beatles Love at the Mirage on August 26, leaving only KÁ at MGM Grand left without a comeback date. It’s expected to return in early fall. Varied production shows in smaller venues like Absinthe, Thunder From Down Under, Fantasy, Tape Face, Extravaganza and Piff the Magic Dragon have provided plenty of entertainment options since fall 2020, but some of the most recognizable Vegas productions in bigger theaters are coming back this month. Blue Man Group reopened at Luxor on June 24;
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Shin Lim: Limitless reopens at the Mirage Theater on July 1; Criss Angel: Mindfreak is back at Planet Hollywood on July 7; and Tournament of Kings returns to Excalibur on July 14. Sleight-of-hand expert Lim, the only two-time champion from America’s Got Talent, says he was considering reopening his magic-based show months ago but is thrilled to be coming back without the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions. “We have a lot of audience participation in the show; at least my special guest, Colin Cloud, does. He has a lot of people come up onstage, so it was tricky to figure out how to work around that and wearing masks,” Lim says. “Now that all those things died down, it will be a lot easier.” Lim also has the benefit of being the sole headliner in the Mirage Theater at this time. Lim shared the room with ventriloquist Terry Fator and iconic pop group Boyz II Men until last year; Fator has moved down the Strip to New York-New York, and no return dates for Boyz II Men’s residency have been announced yet. The Aces of Comedy stand-up series will return to the venue this weekend. “For pretty much all of the [last year], I’ve been super deep into experimenting with new concepts and new effects, doing a lot of trial and error and developing new sleights, all for the show,” Lim says. “It was really good to be able to step away from the performance aspect for a while, because it’s a totally different game. And before … I had to work around Terry Fator’s [setup]. I wasn’t able to touch or move anything, so it was difficult for me to do what I wanted to do freely. Now the theater is pretty much mine, and I’m going to be able to do some amazing things there.” Bringing back that old Vegas magic is top priority for entertainers of all stripes. With shows big and small selling out regularly, it’s difficult to discern whether the performers are more excited to be back onstage than the audience members are to be entertained once again.
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Start planning your summer at the Valley’s largest venues ALLEGIANT STADIUM July 3 Illenium July 10 Garth Brooks August 1 Concacaf Gold Cup Final (soccer) August 14 Raiders vs. Seahawks (preseason) August 21 WWE SummerSlam August 27 Guns N’ Roses September 2 UNLV vs. Eastern Washington football September 4 BYU vs. Arizona football September 13 Raiders vs. Ravens
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THE COLOSSEUM July 16-31 Usher August 28-September 5 Morrissey September 17-25 Keith Urban
THE CHELSEA July 2-3 Bill Burr August 20 Rise Against August 21 Dane Cook August 28 Sech September 15 Death Cab for Cutie September 18 John Legend
ENCORE THEATER July 9 Justin Bieber July 16 Demetri Martin July 17-18 Nate Bargatze July 30 Tom Papa August 6-7 Jim Gaffigan August 13-14 Jo Koy August 20-21 Sebastian
Maniscalco September 3-5 Jo Koy September 10-11, 24-25 Lionel Richie HOUSE OF BLUES July 2 One Drop July 3 Steel Panther July 9-10 Intocable July 15 Jorge Celedon July 23 Whitey Morgan August 6 Corey Taylor August 14 Beartooth August 25, 27-29 & Septem-
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(boxing) August 13-14 George Strait September 17-18 iHeartRadio Music Festival VENETIAN THEATRE August 26-29 Debbie Gibson & Joey McIntyre September 4-5 Mike Epps September 15-18 Chicago ZAPPOS THEATER September 4-5 OneRepublic
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Carlos Santana on bringing music back and being grateful for Las Vegas
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etween his initial engagement at the Hard Rock Hotel and his long-running residency at the House of Blues—which resumes August 25—Carlos Santana has been a spirited Las Vegas headliner for about a decade now. He has connected with the local community in ways he couldn’t en-
vision, maintained a home here and joyfully served as a steward raising awareness for worthwhile causes; his upcoming series of concerts will raise money for the Milagro Foundation and the House of Blues Music Forward Foundation. ¶ Speaking from his home in Hawaii, Santana starts our conversation by thanking me for talking to him: “We need each other. We both need to spread the good news. We’re not survivors, getting by and getting through. By God’s grace, we’re able to withstand this thing that happened and come out stronger, clearer and with more certainty and confidence that now what we have to share with people is a lot sweeter and a lot more juicy because we’ve been replenishing.”
What does it mean to you to be part of the return of live entertainment in Las Vegas? It’s a blessing and a golden opportunity. I have never looked at [music] as a job or an opportunity or even as a profession. For my wife [drummer Cindy Blackman Santana] and I, it always has been a way of life. My father did it, and his father, and his father and now my son does it. And like water and air, we are an ingredient that people gotta have. It gives them hope and courage, more unity and harmony, and more believing that we can coexist as spiritual adults, and have fun like kids. I’m sure you never expected to have a residency show running this long in Las Vegas. No. My first time playing in Las Vegas was with the Grateful Dead [March 29, 1969, at the Ice Palace]. We opened for them a lot, and at that
time, hippies weren’t allowed on the Strip in Las Vegas or in Lake Tahoe, so we grew up almost like adversaries with Las Vegas until the situation presented itself to be at the Hard Rock first, for a year and a half, then the House of Blues. That’s when I realized the things I was afraid of in Las Vegas or on Broadway, that you would become like a hamster going around and around, I thought, no, dissolve that fear. I look at it like this: People say, “Santana, we came all the way from Paris or from Sydney. Would you take a photograph with us?” They came from Australia, 12 of them, paying money at the airport and the airline and the hotel and the tickets. So, yeah, I’ll take a picture. I’ll take two pictures with you! I’ve learned to be infinitely more grateful to be in Las Vegas. Plus, I have become really involved with the community, with Three Square [Food Bank] and a
few other organizations that give back. There are so many people in Las Vegas that don’t get their credit, people I call weapons of mass compassion. They wake up every day just to serve or heal or bring comfort. It’s really commendable. How different will your show be when you’re back onstage this summer? A new intro, a new middle and a new ending. Rick Rubin and I did 49 songs together in 10 days three or four years ago, and we used some of them on [2019 album] Africa Speaks. We’ve got [more] of them coming out on this new album, Blessings and Miracles. We’ve got Steve Winwood singing “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” We have Kirk Hammett playing guitar on a song called “America for Sale.” We have Rob Thomas singing on a single coming out soon called “Move,” and we have this incredi-
SANTANA Resumes August 25, House of Blues, 702-632-7600, houseofblues.com/lasvegas.
ble singer Ally Brooke, who sings a song that’s kind of an anti-suicide anthem. There are 14 songs, very vibrant, and for being 73 years old, this stuff is kicking some serious booty with energy. Next year you’re touring with Earth, Wind and Fire, which seems like a natural fit. What’s your relationship with their music? Have you toured with them before? We toured with them in 1975 in Europe and they were so incredible. I love their music and their spirit. There are these three words that are really important that are constantly hovering around in my circumference—ingredients, nutrients and components. Earth, Wind and Fire and Santana, we have the ingredients, nutrients and components to elevate people beyond, into a place that’s like a spiritual revival. One thing that never gets old—what the original hippies believe in—we want to change the world. We still believe in changing the consciousness of this planet. Some people become complacent, arrogant or cynical, but that’s not us. That will never be us. We still feel with enthusiasm, and we believe purity and innocence are things you don’t misplace or lose, ever. That’s what happens when you see Earth, Wind and Fire and Santana. We’re gonna make you dance. We’re gonna make you laugh and cry and dance at the same time. I guarantee it.
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OPENING WEEKEND AT AYU DAYCLUB If you can’t find your way into the Strip’s newest pool club for Resorts World’s grand opening Fourth of July concert from Miley Cyrus, you can hang out on the Strip and watch the show on that huge hotel tower video screen. There’s also plenty of other music to take in during Ayu Dayclub’s first weekend, including top-liners Zedd and Tiësto, trendy rapper Jack Harlow, singer Madison Beer and Bronx-to-Ibiza techno-house faves the Martinez Brothers. July 1-4, times & prices vary, zoukgrouplv.com. –Brock Radke
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L.A. WITCH AT STARBASE LAS VEGAS Is that magic in the air or L.A. Witch making a dramatic entrance? The all-female psych trio brings its reverb-soaked riffs and hazy, California-night nostalgia to town on July 2, with opening sets from The Acid Sisters and Viaje Nahual. L.A. Witch invokes the spirit of ’60s garage rock on “Kill My Baby Tonight,” then channels its inner riot grrrl on “Sexorexia.” There’s no evidence proving these women are actual witches, but a spellbinding performance might make you wonder … July 2, 8 p.m., $25, 3905 W. Diablo Drive, starbaselv.com. –Amber Sampson
HAPPY CAMPER AT AREA15 If you’re not into fireworks, Independence Day doesn’t offer much; your options are basically limited to keeping your dogs calm and worrying your house might burn down. Area15 adds an intriguing new option with Happy Camper, a summer getaway-themed party featuring campground games, talent contests, live music and DJs and more. (Admission to Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart is not included, though $5 admissions to Wink World and Museum Fiasco will be available.) Hose down your roof and go. 8 p.m., $40, 21 and over, Area15, area15.com/events/ happy-camper. – Geoff Carter
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L.A. Witch returns to Las Vegas on July 2. (Marco Hernandez/Courtesy)
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JUNG MIN: BOUNDARIES AT ENTERPRISE LIBRARY Mixed-media artist and part-time UNLV instructor Jung Min feels caught between two worlds. The South Korea-born Las Vegan uses the artistic process to navigate the pitfalls of a life straddling the Eastern and Western cultural divide. Her show, Boundaries, is a powerful display of unabashed selfhood. “Through my art, I study my identity, cultural taboos, sexuality, and femininity,” Min writes in her artist statement. “I am using my female body and ethnic black hair to create images of extreme discomfort and visual dissonance.” The result is both aesthetically beautiful and emotionally alarming. Through July 18; Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; 25 E. Shelbourne Ave.; 702-507-3760. –C. Moon Reed
CELEBRATION
JULY 4 FIREWORKS This year’s Independence Day celebration is an especially poignant one: We can finally gather with our friends and loved ones to watch fireworks together. And there are many spots around the Valley to catch the aerial displays. On the Strip, the LVCVA is organizing a coordinated show from the rooftops of Aria, Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood, the Strat, Treasure Island, the Venetian and new kid on the block Resorts World. Station Casinos’ 45th anniversary will be marked with a fireworks extravaganza at Red Rock Casino (Summerlin) and Palace Station. Henderson’s displays will take place at four different locations: M Resort, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Lake Las Vegas and the Galleria at Sunset, synchronized by a soundtrack from iHeart Radio. And Downtown folks will get to celebrate even earlier, with three nights (July 2-4) of fireworks from the Plaza’s towers starting at 10 p.m. –Genevie Durano
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July 2, 10 p.m., $50-$125. Marquee, 702-333-9000, marqueelasvegas.com.
DJ Pauly D, performing at Marquee (Photos courtesy Global Media Group for TAO Group Hospitality)
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t was tough for DJs to thrive during the pandemic. Virtual parties and livestream sets can only get you so far. If you happen to be a reality TV star with a huge following, that certainly helped. Not only did Jersey Shore star Pauly D relocate his Las Vegas club residency from Drai’s to Marquee, he also partnered with Virtual Dining Concepts and Grubhub to launch Pauly D’s Italian Subs, a delivery-only restaurant ready to supply eaters in Vegas and many other cities with classic sandwich favorites. “It’s so fitting for me, because I really grew up going to the deli and getting a nice Italian sandwich, and I wanted to figure out a way to get that to the masses,” the longtime local resident explains. “The response has been great. It’s almost like if Pauly D was a sandwich. We have this sauce on it called the Drip, and that’s what makes my sandwich stand out, along with the perfect bread. It’s really consistent, they’re getting
all the ingredients right and it gives [restaurant] kitchens another revenue stream. It’s good to help keep everybody afloat.” Sandwiches are important, but getting back on the decks meant the most to Pauly, who played his first in-person, packed pool party at Strawberry Moon in Miami in May. He stayed busy with TV gigs as MTV’s Jersey Shore: Family Vacation continued to film during the pandemic, including last fall at Lake Las Vegas, but he says he couldn’t wait to get back to the music and the clubs. “That’s what I missed the most—the traveling, the crowds and the DJ part, because during the pandemic, everybody closed up shop. I was doing virtual proms, birthdays, I was over the virtual stuff,” Pauly says. “So to actually physically connect and be in front of a crowd, that’s what I live for, and that moment of being back, there’s nothing like it. And Florida is a little wild because … they didn’t treat the pandemic the way everybody else did. It was like COVID
didn’t exist over there.” He spun at Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan last weekend and returns on July 2, with his first Marquee Dayclub set planned for July 10. Pauly’s long relationship with the Tao Group already had him playing the company’s venues in New York and Chicago, so completing the circle in Las Vegas was a natural move. “I love Marquee, and I don’t know anybody that doesn’t like Marquee,” he says, acknowledging that he’s a
different type of DJ for the venue, which has traditionally centered around EDM. “I think the sound is changing. You’ve got to play a little bit of everything. The people that come to Vegas to party are from all walks of life, from all over, and basically what I do is play that, an open-format set. I’m still playing the dance stuff, throwing in mashups, throwing in hip-hop, playing Spanish music. Vegas has people from all over the world, so you gotta play to them. They take me on the journey.”
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It’s been a long, interesting road to Ted Sablay’s first music as a solo artist BY GEOFF CARTER
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s a part of the Killers’ touring band for the past 15 years, Ted Sablay has built a staggeringly impressive CV. He has worked on million-selling albums; played three world tours that have taken him to the world’s biggest stages, including Madison Square Garden and Wembley Stadium; performed at the White House for President Barack Obama; and recently collaborated with Bruce Springsteen. (And much
of that while he was pursuing a master’s in accounting at UNLV, which he earned in 2016.) Yet Sablay, originally of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, but a Las Vegas resident since 1991, has never released music under his own name—until now. In March, he released his first solo single, “Just Out of Reach,” and in May followed it up with his second, “Fall Out of Love.” Both are available on Spotify, YouTube Music and other
streaming services, and you should go listen to them now. Then you, too, can come back with the burning question I had for this ultra-prepared first-timer: My dude, where have you been? “I’ve been a musician”—Sablay says, then modestly corrects himself—“a technician who plays an instrument
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since I was 5 years old. I feel confident I know what I’m doing there; I’ve done it so much that I don’t get nervous anymore. But when charged with writing a song about my feelings …” He laughs. “It’s totally different. But it’s been fun. If anything, I’m starting to realize how damn hard it is.” If Sablay struggled a bit with these tracks, you’d never know it by listening. Conceived in the pandemic doldrums, “Just Out of Reach” is easygoing, Paul Westerberg-esque guitar pop, while the wistful, shimmering “Fall Out of Love,” which Sablay wrote in response to a series of personal tragedies, evokes The War on Drugs and, yes, a wee bit of The Killers. If luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity, Sablay’s music comes from professionalism meeting creative freedom. This isn’t the work of a technician, but a natural-born singer-songwriter—and if COVID-19 hadn’t scuttled The Killers’ 2020 touring plans, we might not have heard it. “It’s kind of cool, because for the first time I feel like I was in the place that a lot of people who start writing music are in—‘Well, I gotta make this happen,’” Sablay says. “There was no one else I could go to; I don’t have a band. And it’s been a long time coming; people always asked me, ‘Do you have any of your own material?’ but it’s never really been a focus of mine. It was fun to finally get something out there.” Sablay is now focused on putting together an EP of songs for a September release, while also giving music lessons via Zoom and working as a contract, er, Killer. And he’s making a point of enjoying this new adventure. “For the longest time, my attention has been split between music and college,” he says. “I know Springsteen says you’ve got to hate school if you want to be a rocker, but I’ve always liked it and focused on it.”
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SEEKING CONNECTION The Believer magazine’s Kristen Radtke journeys through loneliness in a new graphic novel
risten Radtke’s drawings resemble movie stills. We peer into a bedroom window, where a woman watches TV alone, her face lit by the screen. The camera zooms out to reveal three additional solitary figures, each illuminated by their TVs and framed by their apartment windows. Once more, the image expands. We’re looking at a street of apartment windows—a tapestry of loneliness. These images could form the thesis of Radtke’s new graphic novel, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. We’re not alone in feeling alone. “I hope [readers] see it as a hopeful project, and that it encourages them to listen to their loneliness and to make connections,” Radtke says in a phone interview. “The argument of the book is that we need one another, and we need to rely on and depend on and support one another. So I hope it encourages them to do that.” Seek You explores the American myths and values that separate us (cowboy ideals, tract homes) and our often-feeble efforts to connect (television laugh tracks, paid cuddle companions). Radtke mixes in elements of memoir. For example, her taciturn father’s love of ham radio reveals his humanity to her. It also is the source of the book’s title. The phrase “Seek You” is born from amateur radio. “A CQ call is reaching outward, an attempt to make a connection across a wavelength with someone you’ve never met,” Radtke writes. Seek You explores the science behind loneliness, including heartbreaking research on primates put into extreme isolation. Spoiler alert: They didn’t fare well, nor do isolated humans. Radtke says researching loneliness revealed its harsh consequences. “I didn’t understand how dangerous loneliness is, which is extremely dangerous,” Radtke says. “All these studies demonstrate that people who are lonely die younger than people who aren’t, that being chronically lonely really inhibits our
Kristen Radtke (Amy Ritter/Courtesy); book excerpts (Penguin Random House/Courtesy)
ability to fight disease—cancer, infection, all kinds of things like that. It has an enormous impact on our health.” But this is not a pandemic book. Radtke began the project several years before the era of lockdowns, although she did add an introduction that touches upon the topic. “Loneliness is a social and cultural problem that has existed since long before the pandemic and will exist for long after,” Radtke says. “The pandemic exposed a lot of problems or heightened a lot of problems that were already there.” As both a writer and an artist, Radtke is doubly talented. The words and illustrations in Seek You each make the other more powerful. “I was always writing, and I was always drawing. Then I thought, What happens if I do these at the same time?” Radtke says. “I don’t think there’s one particular way to tell a story. You just have to use the tools available to you. For me, I think best when I engage with images and text at the same time.” Radtke makes her work digitally on Adobe Illustrator, calling it a “practical choice.” Perhaps surprisingly, the artist hopes that her drawings eventually look less realistic. “Cartooning isn’t about realism. It’s about [feeling]. So
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I’m fighting that realism instinct. … That’s an impulse that I do need to fight because it’s not always the most effective way to communicate.” Although Radtke lives in Brooklyn, she’s an honorary Las Vegan. Her role as art director and deputy publisher of The Believer magazine, which is affiliated with UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute, brings her to Nevada for stretches at a time. On July 8, she will conduct a virtual event promoting Seek You “at” the Writer’s Block via Zoom. Portions of Seek You touch about her connection to our city. “I love Las Vegas,” Radtke says. “I was one of those people who didn’t understand how much was happening in Vegas before I went. It’s a place that really does support its artists and has great programming and great support systems for artists, which is rare in a city these days.” As for what you should do when you feel lonely, Radtke says, “We need to listen to our loneliness. If you feel lonely, you should reach out to someone.”
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kitchen all morning to get ready for service at 5 p.m., work until 9 or 10 and then drive two and a half hours back home. I loved it,” he says. Delatorre changed course again recently after losing a cousin to cancer. He made a rare return to El Paso, and the journey changed the way he perceived the Mexican food he grew up cooking and eating. He also returned to a favorite gordita spot from his childhood, where he found inspiration. “You know how sometimes you eat something and it just brings you back? Those gorditas were still so good, so simple,” he says. “And then my friends and family were doing dinners for my cousin, and there was all this [unhealthy] food with lard and stuff, and I thought, why are we eating this? You can
make changes without compromising the integrity of the dish, but there’s that idea that you don’t change grandma’s recipes.” After he returned to Las Vegas, Delatorre knew he wanted to cook his family’s food again, but this time he would focus on ingredients and flavors to create healthier versions of traditional dishes. That’s the idea behind his new fast-casual eatery, Gabi’s Gorditas, which opened recently on Blue Diamond Road. These crisp, fluffy masa pockets filled with different meats, veggies, beans, salsas and garnishes— nothing like the Taco Bell gordita you drunkenly demolished in the drive-thru—are the main attraction, but the menu isn’t limited to Mexican ingredients. “My restaurant is not Mexican,
but it is traditional,” Delatorre says. “I use ingredients from all of Latin America, like tostones [caramelized plantains]. I put tuna poke on the menu, because I know a lot of Hawaiian chefs and I’m eating at their houses all the time.” The picadillo gordita ($4.50), an update of his mom’s recipe with a blend of beef and pork plus Peruvian purple potato, is topped with pickled cabbage and sweet peppers and Argentine chimichurri sauce. Others are stuffed with pork chile Colorado ($4.50), brined chicken and avocado salsa ($4.75), crispy chicharron ($4.50) or charro beans ($4.75), a blend of Peruvian and Southern-style beans made with ham hocks and longaniza sausage. Along with poke ($5.50) and nopales ($4)—a salad of tender cactus, pickled corn, oven-dried tomato, jicama and avocado—side dishes include those tostones ($2) and a cup of elote-style corn ($3). For something sweet, there’s house-made fruit roll-ups ($2) and the addictive Purple Haze ($4), a beverage of ube, almond and coconut milks and pickled berries. Gabi’s Gorditas might be a small place with a small menu, but there’s a lot of passion and care incorporated into every bite, starting with the handmade tortillas that become gorditas. “We’re testing all the time, because that’s your vessel, that’s the main thing,” Delatorre says.
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North Italia’s seasonal food and cocktail menu will lighten up your summer BY GENEVIE DURANO Dining out and imbibing with friends are important aspects of socialization that most of us have been missing, and there’s no time like the present to make up for lost time. Recently, I met up with an old friend and a new one to start flexing those social muscles again at North Italia, the beloved Italian eatery at Rampart Commons. The spacious patio was a tempting (and popular choice) for hanging out, but we opted for the open dining room, with its expansive seating area and inviting bar. North Italia’s made-from-scratch pizzas and pastas and handcrafted cocktails are ideal for savoring in the company of friends. Regulars surely already have favorites, but the new spring and summer menu additions are also outstanding. Consider starting with the farmer’s market board ($16), a seasonal selection of vegetables including grilled asparagus, broccolini, heirloom tomato, watermelon radish, sugar snap
pea and heirloom carrots, served with basil pesto, trinity sauce and grilled hearth bread. If you’re craving more greens, check out the Contadina ($15) in the salad section. With romaine lettuce, rosemary ham, heirloom tomatoes, avocado, watermelon radish, cucumber and pickled red onion, it’s a meal in itself, topped with creamy crescenza croutons. On the pasta side, the burrata anolini ($19) is light and summery, with blistered heirloom tomatoes, torn basil and pecorino cheese. It works well as a main for lunch or dinner. For heartier fare, the wagyu skirt steak tagliata ($32) comes served with grilled asparagus and a creamy Cambozala polenta. Stop by on Mondays for the all-day happy hour (through September 6) and try 12 new cocktails, including the Fig-Et About It ($10), with Bottega Bacur gin, Nonino L’aperitivo, fig shrub, fresh lemon and prosecco. Gather your friends and sip all the cocktails all summer long.
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$75), a showstopper of a cocktail presented in a glass globe and prepared tableside, with Yamazaki 12-year Japanese whisky, WhistlePig 10-year whiskey, Craigelliache 13-year scotch, Demerara syrup and Angostura bitters. You won’t find a more beautiful cocktail presentation anywhere … until you order the Poof! ($28), a conical glass of smoke that reveals a surprise pairing: Bulliet Rye Whiskey, Copper & King Apple Brandy and Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth, served with duck confit croquettes. The caviar portion of the menu is pure decadence, offering perfect bites of briny goddess. (The bar has to live up to its namesake, Petrossian Caviar, after all.) The caviar tacos ($19) are housed in a thin and crispy shell with hamachi, lemon, chives and olive oil, topped with Daurenki caviar, while the caviar pie ($18) is a wedge of crème fraîche and brown butter filling on a flaky, savory crust, garnished with green apples, lemons and flowers. And is there anything more indulgent than caviar for dessert? Petrossian’s dark chocolate caviar ($55) is a sweet delight of dark chocolate molecular gastronomy “pearls” accompanied with Meyer lemon gelee, fresh citrus supremes, rosé champagne sorbet and vanilla chantilly. Create your own caviar service with the hazelnut praline cookies that come the spread. It’s a treat you won’t soon forget.
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KNIGHTS Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner (right) is consoled by teammates after giving up the winning goal in overtime of the team’s Game 6 Stanley Cup semifinal loss to the Montreal Canadiens on June 24 in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/ The Canadian Press via AP)
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common criticism of the Vegas Golden Knights while they thrived during their inaugural regular season four years ago was that their style would never work in the playoffs. Those predictions proved to be wildly wrong, as the team outpaced external expectations and waltzed to the Stanley Cup Final before losing to an uber-talented, in-their-prime Washington Capitals squad. No one really accuses the Golden Knights of not being built for the postseason anymore, but ironically, the allegation might have more merit now than ever before, considering how the past two years have played out. For the second straight season, the Golden Knights fell in the semifinals to a more physical, defensive-minded team when the Montreal Canadiens eliminated them in six games. The past two seasons’ playoff losses to Montreal and Dallas were painful and somewhat shocking, but some perspective is necessary before bashing Vegas too much for falling short. The Golden Knights have put together two great seasons in a row—collectively better than every team in the NHL apart from Tampa Bay—but not great enough for an organization that was openly on a championship-or-bust quest. “We’ve made progress. I think we were better than we were a year ago,” coach Pete DeBoer said in his season-ending news conference. “We were better equipped to win tough
games in the playoffs than we were a blame for failing to register a single year ago, and we’ve got to keep movpoint—leading a troubling trend ing that forward. I love this group. I that has seen the Golden Knights love this city. I love the environment fall apart offensively when it matat the rink, I love the fans and their ters most for two straight seasons. passion, and I love the group of men. Still, the 29-year-old Stone is the Unfortunately, when you don’t win, closest thing the Golden Knights have that never stays the same.” to a superstar, and perhaps the only Vegas needs to make significant absolute lock to return to the roster changes this offseason to maxinext season. Given the way DeBoer mize its Stanley Cup chances going likes to structure his teams with forward. Championship windows offensive defensemen, Shea Theodore are notoriously fragile and prone to and Alex Pietrangelo are also pretty shatter before their expected expiracertain to be back. tion date if a team gets too attached The Golden Knights have only to certain players or too complacent three unrestricted free agents: about exploring potential options to defenseman Alec Martinez, forward upgrade. Tomas Nosek and forLuckily for Vegas ward Mattias Janmark. fans, those haven’t Nearly everyone else on been significant the roster has been the problems for the subject of trade rumors Golden Knights. The at one point or another. franchise’s brain The franchise would trust—President of likely move anyone in Hockey Operations the right deal or to creGeorge McPhee and ate requisite cap space general manager Kelly for a splashy signing. McCrimmon—has Speaking of the cap, consistently displayed the Golden Knights have the level of aggressiveonly $6 million of open ness, and callousness, space right now, but Ve–Mark Stone required to succeed in gas has more flexibility the modern-day NHL. than that figure might And no one in the orgaindicate, largely because nization seems to believe they will of its goalie situation. suddenly soften heading into this The biggest domino for the Golden offseason. Knights will be deciding whether to “We can’t take a step back; we can’t go forward with Marc-André Fleury, take things for granted,” captain who’ll get paid $7 million next season, Mark Stone said. “There are so many or Robin Lehner, who’ll cost $5 milteams out there that would love to be lion. Choosing the 36-year-old Fleury in our situation, and they’re trying would have sounded outrageous a year to fight and play hard to get into our ago, but he’s now coming off a career situation. I’m excited for next year. I year and headed into the final season know they’re going to do everything of his contract. they can to make this team better.” Fleury has also rehabilitated Stone has taken responsibility his trade value—which is further for the team’s latest premature exit, increased by his expiring deal—but he and it wasn’t some hollow gesture has said he doesn’t want to be traded. or a way to take the heat off his Lehner, meanwhile, is on a relatively teammates. He deserves significant cheap deal that runs four more years
“We can’t take a step back; we can’t take things for granted.”
and might be attractive to suitors, but he sounds like he’s found a longsought home in Vegas. There’s some talk that the Golden Knights could keep both goalies again, but DeBoer alluded to next season being “a different story” without the COVID-forced condensed schedule the team used to justify its uncommon goaltending payout this year. Either Fleury’s or Lehner’s feelings will likely get hurt, but there’s no way around that if Vegas wants to get better. That’s especially true if the Golden Knights hope to get involved with the biggest-name players who might be available, and history indicates they do. Former No. 1 overall pick Jack Eichel (currently with Buffalo), onetime Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall (Boston) and power-play specialist Patrik Laine (Columbus) could all be playing for new teams next season. Any of those three players, and probably several other options, might help solve the offensive problems that have led to the Golden Knights’ untimely demise the past two years. It would require something of a roster makeover, but the Golden Knights haven’t shied away from that in the past and shouldn’t get gun-shy about doing so now. Passivity cost Vegas on the ice, and with a championship in sight, this team can’t afford a similarly languid attack in the offseason. “You tweak from both a coaching point of view and personnel point of view to make yourself better,” DeBoer said. “You decide the guys you can win with and the guys you can move on from and keep the process moving forward.”
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ttend a prep basketball game in Las Vegas—whether it’s a local matchup of rival high schools or a hyped showdown between AAU teams from opposite coasts—and you’re likely to see a cameraman on the sideline, intent on capturing every highlight. That’s Ball Dawgs. Founded in 2018, the Vegasbased company has taken viral hoops content to the next level, growing into a social media monster during the past two years. The architect of Ball Dawgs is 32-year-old Neal Carter, a onetime Division II basketball player who moved here from New Jersey four years ago to pursue a marketing job with MGM Resorts International. Carter wanted to pick up a coaching job in his spare time; he accepted a position on the staff at Founders Academy, and, taking a cue from his marketing background, attempted to promote his players by starting an Instagram account for the team. Though his coaching career ended after one season, Carter had grown the IG account to an impressive 1,100 followers in the meantime. When the next season started up, Carter decided to modify his account into one that promoted Las Vegas prep basketball in general. He brought on former Durango High player Marq Mosley to help expand the business and added Jacob Machnik, still a student at Coronado High at the time, to be the project’s lead videographer. “It was supposed be a hobby,” Carter says. That was in October 2019. By branching out, Ball Dawgs was able to collect and disseminate highlights of games and players across the Las Vegas Valley. The concept caught on immediately, and by December, the company was a hit on social media. “The original plan was to repost things everyone else did,” Carter says. “Then it was, maybe we should start filming it ourselves. We started doing slo-mo clips from our phones, and it kind of exploded from there. By December, we had 8,000 followers. It grew that fast, and it kept snowballing.”
The Ball Dawgs Instagram account now boasts more than 171,000 followers, and its mixtapes (short highlight clips set to contemporary music) have become synonymous with prep basketball culture. And the company’s reach has expanded well beyond Las Vegas. When players across the country want to hype themselves, they commission Ball Dawgs to make a mixtape. When college-bound athletes want to announce their commitment via a social media video, it’s a Ball Dawgs production. Ball Dawgs, which is headquartered at the Tarkanian Basketball Academy, now has seven full-time employees (including Carter, Mosley and Machnik), plus a network of more than 30 videographers who cover the nation’s top youth basketball events. If top
ballers are facing off at an AAU event in Florida, Arizona, Utah, Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Washington or any other corner of the country, Ball Dawgs has a cameraman on the baseline. In the 20 months since its inception, Ball Dawgs has produced more than 2,000 highlight videos. Though highlights of a top-ranked recruit are more likely to go viral, Carter enjoys offering Ball Dawgs’ services to the players who find themselves flying under the radar. “The passion for me was, I was under-recruited,” Carter says. “There was a lack of technology back then. There was a simple camera that you could use to make a tape and send out to colleges if you were trying to get a scholarship, but if your coach didn’t do it, you didn’t get it. It would have helped me tremendously if I had this opportunity. Early on, I thought, I would love to give kids the footage that we’re filming. Everybody gets mixtapes now, and that has helped grow our brand tremendously.” Carter says Ball Dawgs has agreements to provide videography services to various AAU teams and even some NBA, WNBA and G-League events, and in the past year it has branched out into operating its own events. Carter counts the four all-star games and dunk contests the organization hosted in Las Vegas last year as successes, and says Ball Dawgs plans to host a summer camp in August. For something that began as a hobby shot on cellphones, Ball Dawgs has become the big dawg. “To see what it has grown into and the people we’ve worked with and the exposure we’ve been able to give some of these players, it’s been really dope,” Carter says.
Ball Dawgs keeps an eye on rising basketball players across the country. (Ball Dawgs/Courtesy)
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VegasInc Notes Gaming Laboratories International promoted Joseph Marchetti to director of systems and audit. Previously, he served as technical group manager. Marchetti has been with GLI for more than 15 Marchetti years. In his new role, he will lead GLI’s systems and audit teams as they work with regulators, operators and suppliers. Jessica Gorgoglione, APRN, joined Southwest Medical, part of OptumCare, as a new health care provider specializing in OB-GYN care. Marshall Retail Group, a WHSmith company, announced a new addition to its executive team with the appointment of Missy Sage as senior vice president of operations. Sage brings over 20 years Sage of consumer and retail operations experience to Marshall Retail Group. In her new role, Sage oversee the organization’s dynamic operational
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Las Vegas-based Camino Verde Group, a real estate investment, development and asset management company, acquired Sherwood Palms, a multifamily property in the Convention Center District. The apartment community is the fourth acquired in this neighborhood. Camino Verde Group plans to renovate the units with new appliances, countertops and floor coverings along with other fixtures and finishings.
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